LONDON—Over the long sweep of history, three forces have driven humanity's greatest transformations, for good and ill: disease, war, and...

BOSTON—Almost every major global health emergency has exposed the same flaw in the international financial system. When disaster strikes, the...

By Osasikemwen Ighile, Brand Manager, FairMoney Microfinance Bank For many Nigerian families, the summer holiday is a season of fun,...

By Kehinde Ogundare, Regional Head, West Africa, Zoho Corporation If you were to step away from your business for 30...

DAKAR/RIO DE JANEIRO—For five centuries, raw materials have flowed out of Africa and Brazil at low cost to be used...

PHILADELPHIA—For decades, companies, investors, and policymakers operated on the comforting assumption that the global economy was underpinned by a relatively...

LIBREVILLE/LOS ANGELES—Africa is facing one of the world's great energy windfalls. The continent holds roughly 125 billion barrels of confirmed oil reserves...

NEW DELHI—This week, delegates from around the world will gather in New York to negotiate the proposed United Nations Framework Convention...

TOWNSHEND, VERMONT—Three prominent economists, Peter Ireland, Stephen Miran, and Nouriel Roubini, have just published a paper intended to influence Kevin Warsh, the new chair...

ABUJA—Global health financing has long reflected good intentions but flawed incentives, with donor countries setting priorities and recipient governments learning...